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    What does the word ‘friendship’ mean to you?In the book Charlotte’s Web, there is a pig named Wilbur, who was born a runt. There is also a rat named Templeton, who is rude, mean, disgusting. Templeton only cares and looks out for himself. Templeton didn’t know how to be a friend when Wilbur asked Templeton to play, Templeton didn’t want to save Wilbur, Templeton didn’t want to save Charlotte’s children. In the book Charlotte’s Web, Wilbur was sad and crying and Templeton ignores him.…

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    In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee we learn how children are shaped by the choices adults around them make; such as Aunt Alexandra, Calpurnia and Atticus. Aunt Alexandra had high standards for the Finch kids. She knew they were getting older and wanted to influence them in upholding the Finch name. Her primary focus was Scout and shaping her into a young lady. “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if i wore breeches; when…

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    How the Citizens of Maycomb Impact the Mindset of Jem and Scout The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a story set in the 1930’s that focuses on the town of Maycomb. The story focuses on two young individuals who live alongside one another and watch out for each other when times get difficult. Readers may think that Jem and Scout are not influenced by the people outside of their family. However, throughout the story, Jem and Scout not only learn valuable lessons and methods…

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    Harper Lee told a radio interviewer in 1964 about her novel, which has since sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. It’s no wonder why many have been affected by the recent death of the “last centuries most beloved author”. Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama in 1926, the youngest of four children of lawyer Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham (Finch). Growing up, Lee was surrounded by the stresses of segregation, which can be seen in her most famous work To Kill a Mockingbird, a…

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    Nelle Harper Lee is a famous author, born on April 28, 1926, in Monroe, Alabama (220). Lee’s birth parents are Amasa Coleman and Frances Lee (Byers 220). She based Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird’s main character off of her Father (Byers 220). She also happens to be a relative of the famous General Robert E. Lee (Byers 220). Lee was an attendant of Huntingdon College, an all women’s private school located in Montgomery, Alabama (Byers 220). She attended this college from 1944-1945 (Byers…

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    and here are some similarities and differences and some information that may persuade you into reading these stories. To kill a mockingbird was written by Harper Lee in 1960 and published on July 11. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression, and is narrated by the main character, a little girl named Jean Louise or as in the book she is known as “Scout”. Jean Louise's father is Atticus Finch, who is a lawyer with very high standards. Jean Louise also has a…

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    Harper lee based her story on her life in Monroeville, Alabama. As a child she experienced good and evil. In this essay I’ll explain how this influenced her. I’ll also discuss how the ideas of justice and fairness were not shown in the book “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The book shows how life was back in the day, when racism was at its peak. My third topic is about the symbolism of the mockingbird in the novel. What it means to be considered a “mockingbird.” Nelle Harper Lee grew up in the south…

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    blocked pathway to her success. Nelle Harper Lee, known as Harper Lee, became and remains to be an outstanding author of experienced background, relatable history, and polished standards. Strictly one-hundred miles from the state capital, Monroeville of Alabama, Nelle was born on Wednesday, April twenty-eighth of the year nineteen twenty-six. She was born in the era of poverty, war, and racism. The Great Depression damaged many families and scattered unwanted individuals across the United…

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    Nelle Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama, and her parents were Frances Lee and Amasa Coleman (Byers 220).Writing was interesting to Harper Lee when she was just seven years old (Mancini 10). Lee became so interested in writing that she started developing stories of her own (O’Neill 16). She was the youngest of out all four children (13). Nelle was related to Robert E. Lee who was the civil war commander in the Confederate Army (Byers 220). “A neighbor of the family, Marie Rudisill,…

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    An author "should write about what he knows and write truthfully”; Harper Lee embodied her own quote’s advice when writing To Kill a Mockingbird. There is much to learn from the mono-published Lee as she, in her one and only published work (until July 14, 2015, that is), was able to weave a greatly intertwining web of her own experiences, thrilling narrative, and themes of outcasts, racial equality, youth, and forgiveness. As a first-time writer, she was able to garner more success than many…

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